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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 58848e3..8f9e394 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2804,9 +2804,9 @@ sub process {
WARN("consider using a completion\n" . $herecurr);
}
-# recommend strict_strto* over simple_strto*
+# recommend kstrto* over simple_strto*
if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) {
- WARN("consider using strict_$1 in preference to simple_$1\n" . $herecurr);
+ WARN("consider using kstrto* in preference to simple_$1\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please
if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) {
@@ -2902,6 +2902,11 @@ sub process {
$line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IWUGO/ ) {
WARN("Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
}
+
+ # Check for memset with swapped arguments
+ if ($line =~ /memset.*\,(\ |)(0x|)0(\ |0|)\);/) {
+ ERROR("memset size is 3rd argument, not the second.\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
}
# If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on
@@ -2944,6 +2949,7 @@ sub process {
if ($rpt_cleaners) {
print "NOTE: whitespace errors detected, you may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or\n";
print " scripts/cleanfile\n\n";
+ $rpt_cleaners = 0;
}
}